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Lamar, Missouri - 5 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Lamar R-I #149 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,433 per pupil, Lamar R-I ranks #237 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,227
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,433
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lamar R-I operates 5 public schools serving 1,227 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Barton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,433 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.0% local, 32.6% state, and 16.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 59/100, ranked #149 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 334.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.5% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lamar High, with a diversity index of 24.3/100.
Its largest campus is Lamar High, enrolling 369 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lockwood Specl. Educ. Coop., at 25 students, a 15x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lamar High accounts for 30.1% of all Lamar R-I student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lamar R-I-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Lamar R-I school enrollment varies 15× across entities
Lamar R-I school enrollment ranges from 25 students (lowest) to 369 students (highest), a spread of 344 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Lamar R-I student-counselor ratio is 335:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Lamar R-I is typically wider than the Lamar R-I-aggregate figure suggests.
Lamar R-I chronic absenteeism rate is 16.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Lamar R-I is typically wider than the Lamar R-I-aggregate figure suggests.